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Stranger #47 - Paddy
I'm still feeling a little startstruck here so forgive me...
'Are you famous?' I asked Paddy during our 5 minute encounter.
'Hmm, maybe...' he smiled.
I spotted Paddy crossing the road in Newcastle and made a 'B' line for him - for obvious reasons. He stood out from the crowd pretty well!
He was in a rush but kindly agreed to be photographed.
'How come you look so cool?' I asked.
'I'm a musician,' he replied, 'I write music.'
'Do you mind if this photo goes on the internet?'
'I'm all over the internet,' he grinned, 'I'm known as Paddy. Paddy McAloon.'
I thanked him for sparing me a couple of minutes, and promised that I would look him up.
Sooooooo, anyone heard of Paddy McAloon?
No, nor had I until I googled him!
He's the lead singer of Prefab Sprout!!!! - a brilliant band from the 80's. I loved them!!
*And* he has written songs for Kylie Minogue and Cher....
My first famous stranger, and I didn't even know it!
Thank you Paddy - what a gent letting me take your picture when you were rushing to meet someone. I'm off to play the King of Rock n Roll now... :) :)
Paddy is #47 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page
Stranger #47 - Paddy
I'm still feeling a little startstruck here so forgive me...
'Are you famous?' I asked Paddy during our 5 minute encounter.
'Hmm, maybe...' he smiled.
I spotted Paddy crossing the road in Newcastle and made a 'B' line for him - for obvious reasons. He stood out from the crowd pretty well!
He was in a rush but kindly agreed to be photographed.
'How come you look so cool?' I asked.
'I'm a musician,' he replied, 'I write music.'
'Do you mind if this photo goes on the internet?'
'I'm all over the internet,' he grinned, 'I'm known as Paddy. Paddy McAloon.'
I thanked him for sparing me a couple of minutes, and promised that I would look him up.
Sooooooo, anyone heard of Paddy McAloon?
No, nor had I until I googled him!
He's the lead singer of Prefab Sprout!!!! - a brilliant band from the 80's. I loved them!!
*And* he has written songs for Kylie Minogue and Cher....
My first famous stranger, and I didn't even know it!
Thank you Paddy - what a gent letting me take your picture when you were rushing to meet someone. I'm off to play the King of Rock n Roll now... :) :)
Paddy is #47 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page